It appears to be a fairly intense anime with a story that can be heartbreaking. As you rightly say, it would be great to watch this anime with prior knowledge, that would make it easier to take in.
Do you know if there is any anime inspired by the swords of the brothers Higekiri and Hizamaru?
Thanks for sharing with us this interesting post!
It is intense, yes... :)
Higekiri and Hizamaru are sword names. They belong to Minamoto Yoritomo and Minamoto Yoshitsune respectively. There's this anime which is originally from a game called Touken Ranbu and the characters are Japanese swords in human form. It doesn't really tell much about the history, though. I'm just lucky to have a friend who's into Touken Ranbu and is deep into Japanese sword and history, so she often tells me a bunch of stuff. <3
My pleasure... :D